unfriþ

== Old English == === Alternative forms === unfrið — edh spelling === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *unfriþu, from Proto-Germanic *unfriþuz. By surface analysis, un- +‎ friþ. Compare Dutch onvrede (“displeasure, quarrel”), German Unfriede (“strife”) and Old Norse úfriðr (“war, hostilities”). Compare to modern English fray ("conflict, quarrel, heated argument,") which derives by aphesis from affray—an Old French loan—ultimately equivalent to a compound of French é- ("out, away from, de-") + Frankish *friþu (“peace, sanctuary”), thus an equivalent formation to unfriþ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈunˌfriθ/ === Noun === unfriþ n absence of peace, hostility the state of being out of the king's peace ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== unfriþflota m (“a hostile fleet”) unfriþhere m (“a hostile army”) unfriþland m (“a hostile country”) unfriþmann m (“a man from a hostile country”) unfriþsċip n (“a ship carrying out hostilities”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: unfrith, unfrit, unfriðe English: unfrith === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “unfriþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.